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Lake Forest College Students Organize Walkout for Palestine
Caleb Pope ’27 Staff Writer popecse95@lakeforest.edu Slightly a year after the October 7th attack, protests supporting both Israel and Palestine have erupted across the nation. Students at Lake Forest College conducted a walkout at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, October 8th which sought to highlight the struggles of Palestinians. The walkout began with students forming a…
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Protest Policy Changes Sparks Student Concern
Jillian Beaster ’28 News Editor beasterjro@lakeforest.edu Towards the end of the 2023-2024 school year, certain Lake Forest Student Handbook policies were re-evaluated and expanded. The section “Demonstration, Protest, and Freedom of Expression” was updated from the 1960s “Speaker Policy,” which the school previously operated on. Ed Whipple, Interim Vice-President for Campus Life, said the section…
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month on Campus
Ivana Budjarovska ‘24 News Editor budjarovskai@lakeforest.edu Every April, the Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) campaign takes place with the aim of recognizing the gravity of sexual assault and spreading awareness about methods to prevent it. Sexual assault is still considered a taboo topic worldwide, and it is during this month when the efforts to educate…
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Practice Makes Poltergeist
By Stephen Kelley ’24 Staff Writer kelleysd@lakeforest.edu If you’ve heard the ethereal sound of orchestral instruments through the walls recently, you’re either haunted, or there’s a band student practicing in one of the few places they can find: your building. Luckily for Lake Forest College (LFC) residents, a series of delayed renovations for Reid Holt…
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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Syria and Turkey
Maia AlBarrak ’26 Staff Writer albarrakma@lakeforest.edu On February 6, 2023, southeast Turkey (officially the Republic of Türkiye) and northwest Syria suffered a catastrophic natural disaster. An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck both countries, leaving over 41,000 dead and 81,000 in critical conditions, with 47,000 buildings in destruction, according to World Vision. Syria…
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What is happening in Iran (and how can you help)?
Ivana Budjarovska ’24 News Editor budjarovskai@lakeforest.edu If you’ve been following the global news for these past three months, you might have noticed a headline or two about the protests in Iran. Hopefully. If you’re not sure that you fully grasp their importance, here is a simple guide to the Iran protests and their global significance.…
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Restoring Civility in Washington D.C. – What can we do?
Isa Hinojosa ’25 A&E Editor hinojosaisa44@lfc.edu “Civility is the grease of democracy,” said former Colorado member of Congress David Skaggs, on his trip to Lake Forest College on September 20, 2022. Skaggs was accompanied by former member of Congress Jim Kolbe of Arizona. What was interesting about this pair? Skaggs served Congress as a Democrat,…
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Peters is Dahmer
Jenn Arias ’23 Staff Writer ariasjri@lakeforest.edu Evan Peters perfectly encapsulates the creepiness and oddity of Jeffrey Dahmer in Netflix’s original “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” Premiering September 21, this limited series elaborately describes the horror of the 17 men that were dismembered (some of them eaten) as we walk through a timeline of…
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Campus Updates at the College This Spring
By Ivana Budjarovska ’24 News Editor budjarovskai@lfc.edu Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Stentor has conducted a number of interviews and research to provide you with updates on the College’s budget plan and the upcoming calendar committee, as well as introduce the most-recent President of the Student Government, below. Through communication with Associate Professor of Communication…
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Letter from the Editor
Dear Stentor readers, As the semester comes to a close, I first want to thank everyone for their continued support of the publication, both in-print and on stentornews.com. I also want to thank the entire Stentor staff of amazing editors and staff writers, along with the Stentor advisor Linda Blaser, who all have dedicated their…